Comment on Anon turns on raytracing
julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoThere’s actually a decent analogy there I think. The hamburger won’t cost less, because the service of customization it itself less efficient: serving customers with their preference of with/without is more expensive than just pickles for all. Likewise I imagine making a game that looks OK with/out RT is extra work than just with.
There really isn’t.
The op comment was that gamers need to buy expensive hardware so that developers could cut on features/optimization.
The follow-up reply likened it to customizing your burger, but the better analogy would be for McDonald’s to remove all tomato and pickles (saving money), and the user had to buy it themselves to add to the burger.
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
There is no analogy. It’s comparing returning costs per product (you need a new tomato per 5 burgers) to a one time costs that can be cut during development. And additional copies of a game don’t generate more costs.